GeorgiaELACCGPS6-8 - Useful Websites

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Common Core Conversations

Here is at least one place that could be your "one stop shop". The links to many of the most popular resource sties are available here. Some are free, others require a fee. Remember, the DOE does not endorse or recommend these sites.

- Core Task Project		Professional learning resources
Text Project		Emphasis on Standard 10 that prioritizes text complexity; Website includes research articles, teacher resources, webinar links and presentation slides
Read Works		Sample lessons for grades K-6; Passages and book suggestions are included; Must create an account but it's free
Basal Alignment Project		Go to the Edmodo site - enter as "teacher" - join with username and password - search for the group: Basal Alignment Project - Group code is etuyrm The stories in the most popular basals for grades 3-5 have been revised to include text dependent questions, vocabulary lessons, and cumulative tasks aligned to the Common Core.
Achieve the Core	Achieve the Core	This site is here to provide free, high-quality resources to educators now doing the hard work of implementing these higher standards.
Web English Teacher		Lesson plans, videos, technology integration, and classroom activities for English, K-12
Smithsonian Education	Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies	Searchable database of resources for K-12, all subjects, and aligned to Common Core Standards
Teachers First		Lessons, units, web resources for all subjects, K-12
Before/During/After Reading Strategies	AdLit.org
WikiSpaces Blog		Wealth of resources can be accessed from this blog - websites, lessons, discussion forum
Guilford County Common Core		Lessons for most grade levels for reading and math
Reading and Writing Project - Common Core Standards		Teachers College Reading and Writing Project including units of study, videos, and student samples
Assessments - Reading and Writing Project		The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project has posted a number of assessments for reading and writing that are aligned to Common Core Standards
YouTube Videos from The Hunt Institute	The Hunt Institute	Short You Tube videos on ELA standards

State Resources	Useful Links Within State Sites	Details
Arizona	Examples of tasks for all of the standards.
Arkansas	Common Core Wiki with sample units
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware	Literacy Concept Organizer:	Explains exactly what students must know, do, and understand for each standard. Great for breaking down standards with students. Also a great resource for vertical articulation.
Florida	Differentiated Writing Lessons; FL WIN: Florida Language and Writing Initiative Network: Online Writing Lessons: Rubrics and Portfolios	Mini lessons on the craft of writing Great links to the National Writing Project
Hawaii**	Resource Page:	Sample units, performance tasks, and templates.
Idaho	Standards Explained	Idaho breaks down each standard with explanations. Great for unpacking standards...if you are into that.
Illinois*	Teaching and Learning Strategies K-5 6-12	For each standard, they provide learning/teaching strategies, assessment strategies, and ideas for differentiation.
Kentucky*	Literacy Without Limits	Videos of strategies for a variety of literacy skills
New York*	Video Series Elementary Exemplar	New York education leaders speak with David Coleman about the major shifts with the Common Core Common Core exemplar for elementary - The Great Fire
North Carolina	Lists of Text Exemplars for each Grade Level ELA Wiki Common Core Resources	Wealth of resources available
North Dakota*
Ohio	"I Can" statements and standard progression	Drake County in Ohio has created "I can " statements for all of the standards. Great strategy for goal setting. They also show the complexity progression.
Oregon	ELA Resources for implementing CCSS	Presentations, templates, rubrics, etc
Rhode Island	Strategies for ELL Students Common Core Resources	The Language Advocacy Project identifies what works with ELL students and provides tips on how to make it work. Common Core resources for teacher learning - modules on academic vocabulary, text questioning, and close reading (MS/HS). Also, a link to The Hunt Institute
Tennessee	Common Core resources in ELA Read Tennessee	Tennessee has created video resources that are accessible through iTunes
Utah*	Web Resources	Strong list of web resources that will help you find complex and relevant texts for your students.
Vermont	Rigorous Practice Tests	These tests provide open-ended questions and multiple choice tests, which is part of the framework being developed by PARCC
Virginia	Secondary Reading Secondary Writing Elementary Instructional Videos Literacy Comprehension and Vocabulary	Strategies and ideas for teaching most of the major reading, writing and thinking skills in high school

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